Karajan | Karajan artists: Katia Ricciarelli – the perfect legato

14 SEPTEMBER 2023

Karajan artists: Katia Ricciarelli – the perfect legato

Legato. This was one of Karajan’s main themes in his aesthetic credo. And the tenderest pianississimo. This singer...

8 SEPTEMBER 2023

Karajan artists: Gidon Kremer – recording instead of rehearsing

Karajan was a conductor with an incomparable sense of what it takes to record music. Sometimes, for a more spontaneous and relaxed result, he would use the rehearsal tape for the final publication...

1 SEPTEMBER 2023

Karajan artists: José van Dam – the marathon man

If he was fond of a singer, Karajan was capable of great loyalty and fidelity. This was obviously the case with the Belgian bass-baritone José van Dam, now 83 years old...

25 AUGUST 2023

Karajan artists: Kathleen Battle – Karajan’s voice of spring

Karajan wanted her on his side for some of the most precious musical moments in his life - Kathleen Battle. She performed under his baton...

28 JULY 2023

Karajan artists: Jon Vickers – Karajan’s man for passionate characters

Karajan chose the Canadian tenor Jon Vickers when he needed a man for extremely passionate interpretations on stage...

20 JULY 2023

Karajan artists: Peter Schreier – the voice of Dresden

The photo above shows Peter Schreier as the Evangelist in a Bach “St Matthew Passion” performance conducted by Karajan in 1977, a part that he performed 500 times...

14 JULY 2023

Karajan artists: Christian Ferras – a tragic hero of the violin

The great French musician Christian Ferras was Karajan’s favourite violinist during the 1960s and early 1970s...

29 JUNE 2023

Karajan artists: Anne-Sophie Mutter – Karajan’s discovery

She is the Karajan protegé par excellence. Anne-Sophie Mutter, one of the leading violinists of our time, started to play concerts with Karajan at the age of 13...